Congratulations on your offer to study in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine!

This is where your journey as a King's Global Health and Social Medicine* student starts.

Welcome to your on demand offer holder hub - where you can access the information and insight you need, whenever you need it. From your course overview to taster lectures to videos from current students - it's all here!

Don’t forget you can contact your Unibuddy at any time with questions you might have:

• Sana, Global Health & Social Medicine BSc

**Although this page was up-to-date at the time it was produced, some changes to courses and teaching staff may occur. Please make sure you check our website (www.kcl.ac.uk/ghsm/undergraduate) or contact us directly for the very latest information.

• Explore our content below to find out more about our Global Health & Social Medicine/Social Science courses.
• Go through our resources where we hear from our students and teaching staff about studying Global Health & Social Medicine. 
• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current Global Health & Social Medicine/Social Science students via Unibuddy.
• Take an online tour of Bush House & Strand Campus - home of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.
• Join us in-person for the Undergraduate Offer Holder Event on Strand Campus on Saturday 12 April 2025. More details to come!

Understanding your offer

I've received an offer - what next?

You might have received one of two types of offer.

• Unconditional Offer: An offer made without any prerequisites or requirements that must be fulfilled.
• Conditional Offer: An offer granted on the condition that specific criteria or requirements are met before you can secure your place on the selected course.

Step 1

Read your offer letter carefully. If there is anything you don't understand or want to question, please contact the Admissions Office through your King's Apply account.

You then need to decide whether or not you wish to accept the offer from King's. The UCAS system allows you to respond to an offer in three ways:

• Firm acceptance

• Insurance acceptance

• Decline

For a detailed explanation of these responses, and deadlines to respond, see UCAS guidance.

In your UCAS Hub account you will be able to see the deadline for responding to your offer.

Step 2

If you decide to accept an offer from King's, in the spring and summer you will receive details of offer-holder webpages and events to help you make your decisions and prepare for your start at King’s.

You can continue to contact the Admissions Office with any queries though King's Apply.

Tuition fees and funding

More information about fees can be found on our fees and funding pages.

International

If you are an international student, you can find more information about Visas and support here.

For more information, visit our advice pages.

About your course

If you are looking for more information about your course, you can find this on the main course pages:

• Global Health & Social Medicine BSc
• Global Health & Social Science BA

Module lists

Module lists for the next academic year can be found under the 'Teaching & Structure' Section of the page. You can use the drop down to select the year that you would like to see the required and optional modules for.

Assessment information

If you want to know more about how your course is assessed, this can be found under the 'Teaching & Structure' section of the course page.

Study Abroad

Find out more about our study abroad options here

• Study Abroad

Why Global Health and Social Medicine?

What is Global Health & Social Medicine/Social Science?

Health is more than a medical matter. Understand more about these unique courses.

Hear from our graduates!

We spoke to some of our graduates from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy about their experience and their plans for after graduation. Take a look at the video below and hear about their time at King's.

Want to find out more about what it's like to be a student in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine?

Chat to our students on Unibuddy:

• Sana, Global Health & Social Medicine BSc

Study 'Science, Tech and Society' at the home of the UK's No.1 Sociology courses

Want to understand how science, technology and society shape each other?

In this video, Professor Anne Pollock discusses what students in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine learn about the social aspects of science, technology and medicine. She discusses her ongoing research on pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa.

Study 'Reproductive Justice' at the home of the UK's No.1 Sociology courses

Want to study why reproduction matters for society?

In this video, Dr Rishita Nandagiri, Lecturer in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, shares what students explore in class on the interactions between reproduction, politics and society. She discusses her ongoing research into the experiences of women seeking abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and research questions that students interested in the subject can explore.

Study 'Racism and Health' at the home of the UK's No.1 Sociology courses

Want to study how racism can affect people's health?

In this video, Dr Tanisha Spratt, Senior Lecturer in Racism and Health, explains what students learn about in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine.

She also discusses how her own interested in the subject developed, her ongoing research, and research questions that students can explore.

Study 'Global Health Law' at the home of the UK's No.1 Sociology courses

What can we do to counter global inequalities in responses to disease outbreaks such as COVID-19?

In this video, Dr Mark Eccleston-Turrner, Senior Lecturer in Global Health Law, discusses the topics students learn about in the degree programmes in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King's.

He also shares his research on pandemic preparedness, equitable access to medical resources, ethics in global medicine, and his involvement with the WHO's Pandemic Treaty.

Study 'Health and Ageing' at the home of the UK's No.1 Sociology courses

Interested to work on health policy?

In this video, Dr Wei Yang, Senior Lecturer in Health Economics and Policy, shares what studying health, ageing and long-term care policies looks like in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine.

She discusses the subjects that students will learn and talks about her own research interests.

How is egg freezing changing reproduction? 

The use of technology in reproduction is not new. But egg freezing is unlike technologies of the past in how it could change our understanding of reproduction.  

In this video, we explore Dr Lucy van de Wiel’s research on how egg freezing is shifting the focus from making babies to making fertility, and what that means for women and their reproductive choices. 

Read Dr Lucy van de Wiel’s work on egg freezing: 

• Freezing Fertility (NYU Press, 2020) by Dr Lucy Van de Wiel: https://nyupress.org/9781479817900/fr...
• de Wiel, L., (2020) ‘The speculative turn in IVF: egg freezing and the financialization of fertility’, New Genetics and Society, 39(3), 306-326, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2019...
• de Wiel, L., (2014) ‘For Whom the Clock Ticks: Reproductive Ageing and Egg Freezing in Dutch and British News Media”, Studies in the Maternal 6(1), 1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/sim.4 

As a King's student, researcher or recent graduate, you have access to a huge range of support to help you navigate through your options for life after King's. 

Learn more about King's Careers & Employability here.

Upcoming events

The Department of Global Health & Social Medicine hosts speakers throughout the academic year for seminars to share their research and engage in conversations on topics within the field.

• 14 May: Professor Sharifah Sekalala, University of Warwick;
• 4 June: Dr David Reubi, Reader in Sociology and Global Health.

More information can be found here.